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Tetsuo - The Iron Man (Special Edition) Actors: Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara Director: Shinya Tsukamoto Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Closed-captioned Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 67 minutes Studio: Tartan Video Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-07-19 Buy from Amazon |
 "THE FLY IS BACK (a little bit rusty but still alive)"Director Shinya Tsukamoto's TETSUO is the cult movie by excellence. Preceded by a hellish reputation, invisible in most countries and presented only to a few happy ones in one or two festivals, TETSUO is now in the Image DVD catalog. And, if you dare to, it's worth multiple viewings. Shot in black and white, this movie is not the kind of horror movie we are accustomed to nowadays. If you can stand the first five minutes of the movie, you won't be able to quit the room during 67 minutes ! The argument of TETSUO is quite simple : we will see how an ordinary man is going to change himself little by little into an iron monster. Vengeance, alien invasion, dream could be the cause of this horrible transformation. The rythm is suffocating, not because of a Michael Bay-like hysterical editing but rather because Shinya Tsukamoto knows perfectly well that very often the rythm of a movie is the result of the anxiety of the audience that anticipates the scenes before they happen on the screen. I would say that if you have appreciated PI, you'll love TETSUO. And if you are a movie lover, you'll have a great time to count the very discreet homages to classic horror movies or themes that Shinya Tsukamoto has hidden in his film. At last, the animated parts of the movie are surprisingly well integrated. A scene access, that's all (thank you, thank you, thank you). Sound and images very good in my opinion. So, if you're curious, TETSUO is definitively A DVD for your (secret) library "better than "Citizen Kane""A film to be watched so closely that one's eyes suffer damage. If there are any doubts as to the greatness of this movie, silence them now. All things considered, this may be the best movie anyone has ever thought to make. You may disagree, but come on, wouldn't "Citizen Kane" been a lot better if Orson Welles' pelvis sprouted a giant drill?  "for a sick mind"actually i'm not into japanese flims but this one is exception! "tetsuoI" is a piece of art,in a twisted way, the sound effect is explosive.containing only a few dialogues without a solid storyline but who cares? all u've got to do is stick yr eyes to the screen which just preoccupies u with non-stop moments of visual&mental excitement.the scene where the woman was being f**ked by the gaint drill (or is it?) with blood bursting off the curtain was really awesome."tetsuo II" is never that good&thrilling. b.t.w.the latest flim " gemini" directed by Tsukamoto is not to missed too. "Tetsuo defines the difference between a film and a movie"I'm a film scholar myself and its harder to describe things in words as you can with pictures.. Some described this one as "Fellini on mescaline". Actually, I'd say "Salvador dali meets general electric". Its only 30 minutes long but seems much longer due to its non-linearity and art film quality. I have the version with the short film Drumstruck at the end. The guy that does the music for this and tetsuo 2 also did the music for Terminator 2. This movie is best watched with a good sound system. The music and sound effects are really much better on a good system. Or watch with earphones. This is a great film if you cut your teeth on older fellini, salvador dali and other surreal black and white film makers. The 30 minute film is actually broken up into 2 parts with a barely perceptible pause between sets. Watch the timer on your video and take a break after the first 15 minutes. It will make the 2nd part much easyer to deal with. All I can say is I cant wait to see Tetsuo 2!  "Damn this was bad."When a person sets out to make a movie they have to have an idea that they want to convey. This movie lacked that. It was an experiment gone wrong. You can't compare this with anything because it is really nothing. This was terrible and the money they used to make this movie should go to a fund that makes sure that people stop making... and calling it art. |
